A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 2:3
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
- Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
- Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.